does anyone here drink cravendale?

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Ben M

Senior Member
Location
Chester/Oxford
hello CCers!

Cravendale are currently doing a promotion where you need to get codes off the inside of the labels on bottles and when you have enough codes you can get items (a bowl, milk jug, teapot etc)

Now the girlfriend has a bowl, but she really wants to make up a set, but we don't drink that much milk. So if anyone here does drink cravendale but doesn't use the codes, please would you post them here for me to use, it would be very much appreciated and will save me going on a milk-only diet!
 

twentysix by twentyfive

Clinging on tightly
Location
Over the Hill
Oh - it is milk then. I always thought it was some sort of pretend milk :blush:
 
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Ben M

Ben M

Senior Member
Location
Chester/Oxford
Ah yes - Added Value, as the bean counters would say.......

What is being "filtered" :wacko:. I thought the cow sh*t was already excluded :whistle:

I don't know. I'm told that it is very nice, I've yet to try any myself yet as I havn't opened the bottles I bought.

Perhaps you should try some yourself? You could even post the codes here! It's on offer in Tesco, 2x2L bottles for £3
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
I've heard them say it keeps longer, is that true? I'm finding that a 2pt bottle of milk goes off just before I've finished it (sometimes within the use by date), but buying it a pint at a time is a nuisance.

I suppose I could buy two 1pt bottles at once, and leave one unopened, and that would last longer....


Do they do Cravendale as a 1% fat milk? I get that instead of semiskimmed - can't tell the difference, and it means fractionally less fat.
 
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Ben M

Ben M

Senior Member
Location
Chester/Oxford
They do skimmed and semi, so 0.3% and 1.7%

As for lasting longer, I don't know. I can tell you that the skimmed we bought today is dated 16th september, which seems a pretty long date to me!
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
They do skimmed and semi, so 0.3% and 1.7%

As for lasting longer, I don't know. I can tell you that the skimmed we bought today is dated 16th september, which seems a pretty long date to me!

But does it say anywhere "Use within X days of opening?"... I need milk that keeps longer once open, not just longer unopened....
 
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Ben M

Ben M

Senior Member
Location
Chester/Oxford
But does it say anywhere "Use within X days of opening?"... I need milk that keeps longer once open, not just longer unopened....

In my experience, no milk will go off before the use by date, irrespective of being opened. is your experience any different? If so is your fridge at the right temperature?

edit: they say once opened it'll be fresh for 7 days. So I'd take that as a minimum and expect it to last longer.
 

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
Cheers, that might be helpful.

The ordinary milk I bought today (1pt* of 1% fat), has a use by of 29th (Sunday), but says 'once opened, use within three days). Having opened it today then, I have until Saturday to use it. Not a big difference I guess. I don't think I get through a 2pt in three days before it goes over (separating in tea etc) - unless I have a lot of cereal, and sometimes I want toast instead...

The fridge feels fine - everything else keeps ok.

As I said, I could just buy it a pint at a time, but that means being even more organised about shopping.

*I bought a single pint today on purpose, as I'm away for the weekend.
 

swee'pea99

Legendary Member
Yes, it does last longer without going off. Or so I've been told. Worth trying a bottle to find out I would've thought.
 
I have Cravendale whole milk.

I don't have any choice in the matter as my Mother buys it. She buys regular supermarket skimmed milk for herself and Cravendale whole milk for me. Apparently because it lasts longer (I only have milk in coffee, whereas she has milk on her breakfast cereal).

But she does always buy the big four pint bottles from the Supermarket. If I did the shopping, I would just get small ones from the local co-op or (preferably) have the milk man bring it.

I have found that most things, including milk and cream last considerably longer than the used by date when in my fridge.

My current Cravendale code is PAHP3YAR3KN if anyone wants it 
 

PBancroft

Senior Member
Location
Winchester
I think they filter all of the bacteria, not just the cow poo bits, so there's less chance of the milk going off too soon. Once opened, bacteria can get back in.
 
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